WEBVTT
STARTING TONIGHT YOU CAN
BRING YOUR DONATIONS HERE TO
SHOPPER SERVICES AT BOTH
TANGER IN POOLER AND HERE IN
HILTON HEAD - WHERE YOU WILL
GET A FREE COUPON BOOK IN
RETURN. YOU CAN ALSO BRING
THEM TO LOCAL ART GALLERIES
LIKE BEAUFORT'S TEE-BOW
GALLERY AND SAVANNAH'S TIFFANI
TAYLOR GALLERY. I SPOKE
WITH TAYLOR YESTERDAY, AND SHE
SAYS - SHE'S HAPPY TO HELP
BECAUSE THIS CAUSE IS VERY
CLOSE TO HER HEART.
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SEEKING LIGHT, DESPITE
DARKNESS AND ADVERSITY.THAT'S
WHAT TIFFANI TAYLER SAYS IS
THE GOAL OF HER WORLD-RENOWNED
ART.EVEN IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP
I THINK WE CAN STILL SMILE AND
LOOK FOR THE POSITIVE, AND
HAVE HOPE.FOR TAYLER, THAT NOW
COMES IN THE FORM OF HELPING
OTHERS, THROUGH THIS YEAR'S
"LIGHT THE WAY" CAMPAIGN.HER
DOWNTOWN GALLERY SERVES AS A
DROP-OFF LOCATION FOR
DONATIONS THAT WILL GO TO
WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF DOMESTIC
ABUSE.I FEEL LIKE GOD GAVE ME
THIS PLATFORM, SO I COULD
SHARE MY STORY.TAYLOR SAYS
áSHE WAS A VICTIM OF ABUSE,
ALONG WITH HER MOTHER AND TWO
SIBLINGS.SHE REMEMBERS WHEN
SHE WAS IN FOURTH GRADE, AND
THE FAMILY LEFT HOME IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.WE JUST
LEFT IN OUR PAJAMAS AND I
REMEMBER US BEING VERY HAPPY,
BECAUSE I REMEMBER FEELING
SAFE FOR THE FIRST TIME.YEARS
LATER, THAT EXPERIENCE GIVES
TAYLER A HEART FOR "SAFE
SHELTER" WHICH WORKS WITH
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.I
CAN REALLY EMPATHIZE WITH THE
CHILDREN AND THE MOMS
ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAYS
WHEN YOU WANT TO JUST HAVE
PEACE AND SPREAD LOVE AND BE
WITH YOUR FAMILY.TAYLER
REMEMBERS THE KINDNESS SHE
EXPERIENCED THAT CHRISTMAS,
WHEN áHER FAMILY WAS FINALLY
SAFE.THAT CHRISTMAS SHE WENT
TO THE SALVATION ARMY AND TOLD
THEM OUR AGES AND I WAS GIVEN
A HEART SHAPED PAD OF PAPER,
AND THIS LITTLE PEN, AND IT
MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.THAT'S WHY
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IF
YOU CAN GO A BOX OF CRAYONS,
THAT CAN CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE.
NOW, TAYLER HOPES SHE CAN HELP
CHANGE ANOTHER CHILD'S LIFE
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.TO LET
THEM KNOW THAT YOU CAN NOT
ONLY SURVIVE, BUT YOU CAN
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Light the Way: Local artist advocates for domestic violence victims

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Updated: 12:59 PM EST Dec 1, 2016

For nonprofits working with victims of domestic abuse, getting holiday gifts to those families can be difficult because of the secrecy of their shelter locations.

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WJCL is partnering with Tanger Outlets in Hilton Head & Savannah as well as the Tiffani Taylor Gallery and the Thibault Gallery to gather items for those people being served by Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse (CODA) in Beaufort, SC and Safe Shelter in Savannah, GA.

Partner Tiffani Taylor says she has a special bond to victims of domestic violence because she has walked in their shoes.

"Even in times of hardship I think we can still smile and look for the positive, and have hope," Taylor says.

For Taylor, that now comes in the form of helping others.

"I feel like God gave me this platform, so I could share my story," she says.

Taylor says she was a victim of domestic abuse, along with her mother and two siblings. She remembers when she was in fourth grade, and the family left home in the middle of the night.

"We just left in our pajamas and I remember us being very happy," she says. "Because I remember feeling safe for the first time."

Years later, that experience gives Taylor a heart for "Safe Shelter," which works with victims of domestic abuse.

"I can really empathize with the children and the moms especially during the holidays, when you want to just have peace and spread love and be with your family," she says.

Taylor remembers the kindness she experience that Christmas, when her family was finally safe.

"That Christmas [our mom] went to the Salvation Army and told them our ages, and I was given a heart shaped pad of paper, and this little pen, and it meant so much to me," she says. "That’s why I want to encourage people, if you can get a box of crayons, that can change a child’s life."

Now Taylor hopes she can help change another child's life this holiday season.

"To let them know that you can not only survive, but you can thrive. And there’s always hope."